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From: Pete Casso <petecassostein@sympatico.ca>
Subject: Tic Tac Stein
Date: 1998/08/16
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Tic Tac Toe is trivial, but Tic Tac Stein is perhaps not so trivial!

+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|       |       |       |       |  Tic Tac Stein is the same game
|       |       |       |       |  as Tic Tac Toe, but using the
|       |       |       |       |  4 x 4 board on the left.
+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|       |       |       |       |  The stones used in this game are:
|       |       |       |       |
|       |       |       |       |   .oo        _==_
+-------+-------+-------+-------+  (  -)  and  ( ">
|       |       |       |       |   " "
|       |       |       |       |    |
|       |       |       |       |    begins first.
+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|       |       |       |       |  You win, if you line up 3 stones
|       |       |       |       |  horizontally, or vertically, or
|       |       |       |       |  diagonally!
+-------+-------+-------+-------+
The 'steins Copyright 1997-1998 Pete Casso. All rights reserved.


                       .oo                _==_
In the example below  (  -)  wins, since  ( ">  neglected to block.
                       " "
+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|  .oo  |       |       |       |  Tic Tac Stein is the same game
| (  -) |       |       |       |  as Tic Tac Toe, but using the
|  " "  |       |       |       |  4 x 4 board on the left.
+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|       |  .oo  |       |       |  The stones used in this game are:
|       | (  -) |       |       |
|       |  " "  |       |       |   .oo        _==_
+-------+-------+-------+-------+  (  -)  and  ( ">
|       |       |  .oo  |       |   " "
|       |       | (  -) |       |    |
|       |       |  " "  |       |    begins first.
+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|       |       | _==_  | _==_  |  You win, if you line up 3 stones
|       |       | ( ">  | ( ">  |  horizontally, or vertically, or
|       |       |       |       |  diagonally!
+-------+-------+-------+-------+
The 'steins Copyright 1997-1998 Pete Casso. All rights reserved.


If I have more time, I will put this game on my website and you can play
on-line against a computerized version of Tic Tac Stein! 

(Is there perhaps an on-line version already in existence, albeit without
using the 'steins as the playing stones?)

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